Family members play such a key role in the success of speech and language intervention. Moms, dads, siblings, and caregivers are the true heroes for our students with speech and language needs! Family-centered practice is achieved when families are at the forefront of...
For school-age children and teenagers, memory strategies can be beneficial for recalling directions, lists, studying for tests and other important information. It can be frustrating when a child or teen is trying to complete an assignment and they have difficulty...
First words begin to appear in a child’s expressive communication around the age of one-year-old. Taking a closer look at those first words, we can almost always expect certain speech sounds to come out first. Bilabial Sounds These early developing speech sounds...
By: Kaylie Wright, M.A., CCC-SLP Are you concerned that your child has a tongue or lip tie? Have you been told tongue ties “rarely cause issues” or “treating tongue ties is a fad?” There is a lot of misinformation around the topic of tongue ties. It is important to...
Are you looking for fun, enriching activities to do with your preschoolers? Build their love of stories by reading these seven books that strengthen pre-reading skills to set them up for success as they learn to read.
By: Mallory Carr, M.A., CCC-SLP Making the Most of Minimal Pairs Your child’s speech-language pathologist (SLP) might be using a minimal pair therapy approach with your child if they are struggling with a phonological disorder. This means that a child is making...